Hello, we have implemented a command in our plugin that lets users import into the current model some objects from another 3dm file. The file being imported contains plugin data that we want to access. I tried to read the file by means of File3dm class, but I can’t figure out how to retrieve the pl…

Hi @p.stragliotto , Other than knowing whether or not a 3dm file contains your plug-in’s custom document data, using File3dm.PlugInData, there is not a way to read your plug-in’s custom document data using File3dm. If this is capability, you need, then I suggest your plug-in stores custom data as u…

Thank you Dale, your suggestion is useful but it doesn’t completely resolve the issue. We need to import data from existing files, which obviously do not contain such user strings, unless we tell our users to re-open old files and save them to store the data we want in user strings, which is clear…

Hi @p.stragliotto , You say importing contains plugin data that we want to access. So you can always do that - script the Import command. Also, you can read custom document user data from a C++ plug-in. I can point you to a sample if needed. – Dale

RH-60129 is fixed in the latest BETA

Reading plugin data when importing from a 3dm file

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brian (Brian Gillespie) September 1, 2020, 11:33pm 5

RH-60129 is fixed in the latest WIP

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Reading plugin data when importing from a 3dm file

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